The House on Mango Street
Mon-Pupil Free Day
TUESDAY
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Define Vignette
-show, don't tell language
Course Outline
-signature by Friday please
-Independent Reading
Pass back finals
-midyear portfolio review
HW Read 3 vignettes for Thursday
WEDNESDAY - FRIDAY
Creative Writing
-elements and literary term
-vignette
-digression
-imagery
-freewrites and mimics
Sharing (the beginning of each class)
-quaker share
-writer spotlight
-writer's panel
HW Every night you will be expected to read and write at least one vignette for the next day.
NEXT
Writing Vignette Techniques
-breaking conventional writing rules
-memoir and subject matter
-tone
-characterization
-plot, conflict and foil
-suspense and imagery
Creative Writing
-monologue and dialogue
-relationships
-show, don't tell
-descriptive language
--body, emotion, nature
-Action
--sequencing
--perspective
--thoughtshots and baby steps
-Bring in photo for memory freewrite
--personal motif and life theme
